*Book source ~ Library
28 February 2017
Horror | Fantasy
272 Pages
My Rating ~ 4 bites and a nibble
Bentley Hawthorne has a
mission, a mission not of his choosing, but he must pay the price for something
his parents did. For him. Sucks to be Bentley.
I’ve recently been
reading Hellboy in both story and
graphic novel forms, so when I saw this new story (not a graphic novel though
it does have some illustrations) by Mike Mignola (and Tom Sniegoski though I
haven’t read any of his stuff yet) at the library I snatched it up post haste.
It’s different and yet it’s not. A lot too Batman-esque for my tastes, but
unlike Batman, Bentley has supernatural abilities. Because of the lengths his
parents went to save him when he was a sickly child on the verge of death,
Bentley now has to work as Grim Death for his boss, Death. The family retainer,
Pym, is a great addition. He’s very much like Batman’s Alfred, but yet slightly
different. Bentley also has a “co-worker”, a raven named Roderick. And though
the title indicates Bill as another co-worker, his active part in the story
comes more at the end. There are several POVs which I enjoy and there are
flashback chapters to get Bentley’s back story, what he was like as a child and
how he came to be Grim Death, dispensing justice for those murdered before
their time. Overall an interesting if horrifying tale and I look forward to
more stories featuring Bentley and Bill.
This sounds really interesting. :)
ReplyDeleteIt is! I hope there's more coming.
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